Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener's tale. Am J Public Health.

Camara Phyllis Jones  

Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener's tale. Am J Public Health. 2000 Aug;90(8):1212-5.  Full Text.

Abstract: The author presents a theoretic framework for understanding racism on 3 levels: institutionalized, personally mediated, and internalized. This framework is useful for raising new hypotheses about the basis of race-associated differences in health outcomes, as well as for designing effective interventions to eliminate those differences. She then presents an allegory about a gardener with 2 flower boxes, rich and poor soil, and red and pink flowers. This allegory illustrates the relationship between the 3 levels of racism and may guide our thinking about how to intervene to mitigate the impacts of racism on health. It may also serve as a tool for starting a national conversation on racism.

C.P. Jones: Allegories of Race and Racism (TED Talk)

This 20 minute TED talk covers what Dr. Jones usually has an hour for.  It is well worth watching.